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• White supremacists are taking on fake black identities online to "troll" Black Twitter. (NPR/Code Switch)
• What's not changing for women in Silicon Valley, and why. Sigh. (The Atlantic) 
• Siri. Alexa. Voice controlled systems seem like an exciting future—unless you have an accent. (Backchannel)
• The news can be troubling. The days long. Try some true silence at work today. It helps. And we won't say we told you so... (NY Mag, us)
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• What Do You Know?

  1. In January 2013, Beijing’s levels of the air-pollution particulate PM 2.5 rose far above the safety limit of 20 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m³) to more than ____________ (µg/m³).
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  2. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Luxembourg all spend more than $___________ per child every year on day-care programs for kids under 6.
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  3. A new study finds that ____________ percent of voting-age Muslims in the U.S. are younger than 50.
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  Answers: 850; 9,000; 80